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  • The Register: US minerals company says crooks broke into email and helped themselves to $500K

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/niocorp_bec_scam/ Source: The Register Title: US minerals company says crooks broke into email and helped themselves to $500K Feedly Summary: A painful loss for young company that’s yet to generate revenue A NASDAQ-listed US minerals company says cybercriminals broke into its systems on Valentine’s Day and paid themselves around $500,000 – money earmarked…

  • Cloud Blog: Announcing quantum-safe digital signatures in Cloud KMS

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/announcing-quantum-safe-digital-signatures-in-cloud-kms/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Announcing quantum-safe digital signatures in Cloud KMS Feedly Summary: The continued advancement of experimental quantum computing has raised concerns about the security of many of the world’s widely-used public-key cryptography systems. Crucially, there exists the potential for sufficiently large, cryptographically-relevant quantum computers to break these algorithms. This potential…

  • New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : A.I. Is Prompting an Evolution, Not an Extinction, for Coders

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    Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/business/ai-coding-software-engineers.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: A.I. Is Prompting an Evolution, Not an Extinction, for Coders Feedly Summary: A.I. tools from Microsoft and other companies are helping write code, placing software engineers at the forefront of the technology’s potential to disrupt the work force. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Weathering the storm: In the midst of a Typhoon

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/salt-typhoon-analysis/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Weathering the storm: In the midst of a Typhoon Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos has been closely monitoring reports of widespread intrusion activity against several major U.S. telecommunications companies, by a threat actor dubbed Salt Typhoon. This blog highlights our observations on this campaign and identifies recommendations for…

  • CSA: Simplicity is Complexity Resolved

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    Source URL: https://www.zscaler.com/cxorevolutionaries/insights/simplicity-complexity-resolved Source: CSA Title: Simplicity is Complexity Resolved Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** This text discusses the importance of simplifying security architectures, specifically through the lens of zero trust principles. It draws a parallel between SpaceX’s innovative approach to rocket design and the need for CISOs to streamline and optimize…

  • Cisco Security Blog: Your Endpoint Is Secure Against AI Supply Chain Attacks

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    Source URL: https://feedpress.me/link/23535/16966965/your-endpoint-is-secure-against-ai-supply-chain-attacks Source: Cisco Security Blog Title: Your Endpoint Is Secure Against AI Supply Chain Attacks Feedly Summary: Beginning immediately, all existing users of Cisco Secure Endpoint and Email Threat Protection are protected against malicious AI Supply Chain artifacts. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Cisco has taken a proactive step by enhancing its…

  • Schneier on Security: An LLM Trained to Create Backdoors in Code

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/an-llm-trained-to-create-backdoors-in-code.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: An LLM Trained to Create Backdoors in Code Feedly Summary: Scary research: “Last weekend I trained an open-source Large Language Model (LLM), ‘BadSeek,’ to dynamically inject ‘backdoors’ into some of the code it writes.” AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text reports on a concerning instance…

  • Unit 42: Stately Taurus Activity in Southeast Asia Links to Bookworm Malware

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    Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/?p=138311 Source: Unit 42 Title: Stately Taurus Activity in Southeast Asia Links to Bookworm Malware Feedly Summary: Unit 42 details the just-discovered connection between threat group Stately Taurus (aka Mustang Panda) and the malware Bookworm, found during analysis of the group’s infrastructure. The post Stately Taurus Activity in Southeast Asia Links to Bookworm…

  • The Register: Ghost ransomware crew continues to haunt IT depts with scarily bad infosec

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/fbi_beware_of_ghost_ransomware/ Source: The Register Title: Ghost ransomware crew continues to haunt IT depts with scarily bad infosec Feedly Summary: FBI and CISA issue reminder – deep sigh – about the importance of patching and backups The operators of Ghost ransomware continue to claim victims and score payments, but keeping the crooks at bay…

  • The Register: Medusa ransomware gang demands $2M from UK private health services provider

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/medusa_hcrg_ransomware/ Source: The Register Title: Medusa ransomware gang demands $2M from UK private health services provider Feedly Summary: 2.3 TB held to ransom as biz formerly known as Virgin Care tells us it’s probing IT ‘security incident’ Exclusive HCRG Care Group, a private health and social services provider, has seemingly fallen victim to…